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Episode 85: Tavi Gevinson

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Education, Books, Arts, News

4.71.9K Ratings

🗓️ 15 July 2015

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Tavi Gevinson is the founder and editor-in-chief of Rookie. "I just want our readers to know that they are already smart enough and cool enough." Thanks to this week's sponsors, TinyLetter and Atavist Books. Show notes: @tavitulle Rookie thestylerookie.com [4:15] "Tavi Says" (Lizze Widdicombe • New Yorker • Sep 2010) [30:30] "A Teen Just Trying to Figure It Out" (TED • Mar 2012) [33:30] Rookie Yearbook Two (Drawn and Quarterly • Oct 2013) [39:45] Longform Podcast #75: George Saunders [43:15] "Super Heroine: An Interview with Lorde" (Rookie • Jan 2014) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey it's the middle of the summer.

0:02.2

Aaron and Evan are on vacation.

0:04.0

I'm uh all alone in the office.

0:06.8

So we're gonna take this week off.

0:08.2

No new episode. We'll be back next week with a new interview one I am

0:12.2

really excited about actually.

0:14.1

But for now, here's one of my all-time favorite episodes, a conversation I had last year with

0:18.4

Tavi Gevinson.

0:19.7

Tavi, of course, is the editor of Rookie magazine magazine and since we talked February 14

0:24.8

she's just done an insane number of things she's moved to New York she's starting a

0:30.6

Broadway show this is our youth and she released another rookie yearbook, which you should totally check out.

0:36.6

Another thing you should do, rate or review this show on iTunes, and if there's someone you'd like to hear on the show,

0:42.1

send us an email.

0:43.6

We're podcast at longform.org.

0:45.8

Hello, welcome to the long formform podcast. I'm Max Lindsky. I'm here with my co-host

0:55.8

Aaron Lamer and Evan Radcliffe, gentlemen hello.

0:58.6

Ah, good morning.

1:00.0

Aaron's had a tough weekend.

1:04.0

I'm on a lot of back pain.

1:06.0

I'm sorry man.

1:07.0

You look good sitting up.

1:08.0

You seem like maybe it's better than lying down on the floor?

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